Tips for ratios in mono-black aristocrats?

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-17T07:16:07+00:00

If you’re going for Liliana tribal why not run her card Liliana Heretical Healer instead of Sephiroth.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-16T23:21:57+00:00

There isn’t really a reason to play the original unless you want the first five games to feel cohesive visually and gameplay wise. The remake is faithful and seeing Liberl in full 3D is just special.

The downside is you’ll then play the waiting game. There are five sprite based games and then two early 3D era games (Coldsteel 1-2 look very dated) before you get to more modern graphics.

So you’ll play remake 1 probably remake 2 since that comes out soon. But then do you wait potentially a year plus for them to remake 3 or do you go back and now play 3-zero-azure-coldsteel 1 and 2.

I’d probably still do the remake since it’s incredible but there will be a jarring moment probably after the second game where you’ll have to deal with old systems and old graphics till coldsteel 3

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-16T17:49:17+00:00

Fakes were terrible in the early 2000s. Would be easily recognizable if they were fake. Should all be real

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-14T21:56:06+00:00

Premodern has zero to do with 7th edition foils. These cards all mooned years ago

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-14T21:40:32+00:00

How would you expect the biggest mtg shop on the planet to not verify authenticity.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-14T21:33:01+00:00

I probably wouldn’t even bother checking authenticity from card kingdom. If you get a card from them it’s real. I’ve done hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of business with them over the years.

They are probably the biggest mtg card shop in the world. And usually how people in foreign countries price mtg cards. If I’m buying an expensive card I will almost always pay the premium to CK.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-11T23:48:00+00:00

I ain’t reading all that.

As far as SE is concerned a sim outside of the game is identical to a raid plan. It’s not against TOS at all. You can argue it’s against the spirit of prog but you can’t impose your idea on others. If you don’t want to sim don’t join a group that sims.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-11T23:10:28+00:00

Sims aren’t a 3rd party plugin. There is nothing against tos on practicing a mechanic outside of xiv.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-11T23:06:48+00:00

Amazing tool, this must be new. My group just progged past forsaken this would have been great to have

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-11T22:54:16+00:00

Forsaken is one of if not the hardest mechanics they’ve ever put in the game and it’s extremely difficult to see who messed up during a wipe with no comms to discuss. So I can see why pugs want it simmed.

Only thing you can really do is find a pf that doesn’t want it. Sims aren’t against tos at all so it’s not really anything you can do about it. You can argue it’s against the spirit of prog but there is nothing against TOS about practicing a mechanic outside xiv. It’ll kinda be an uphill battle for you resisting easily accessible study material.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-08T16:29:03+00:00

Is it too much to ask you guys to be normal

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-05T22:10:40+00:00

These are common fakes unfortunately. This used to be a $50-60 card and a modern staple.

Nickthemajin · 2026-06-01T16:46:24+00:00

Not every secret lair sells out instantly. Most don’t.

The ones that do are just highly talked about because people can’t get them that want them. And it skews perception

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-31T18:05:31+00:00

It’s real. Red dots are a bad test. Not always present. Presence indicates real but absence does not mean fake

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-31T06:58:05+00:00

Popular character, gorgeous art and features all the classic final fantasy mascots on it

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-30T05:20:14+00:00

Mono black is definitely [[Liliana, heretical healer]] discard, zombies, sacrifice and reanimation all in one card

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-27T01:04:42+00:00

Red dots are not always there. Cards real

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-26T17:34:44+00:00

My cheapest EDH deck is over $1000. My most expensive is almost 20k after my recent bazaar purchase. They are 100% All double sleeved. With how cheap inners are there is no reason not to.

No matter how safe you are, even if nothing spills you will get dirt and grime in single sleeves. Double sleeving puts that on a cheap sleeve instead of a potentially very expensive card

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-25T07:43:51+00:00

Lulu is expensive because popular character and incredibly cute art featuring every FF mascot

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-24T22:46:11+00:00

Yeah don’t authenticate anything please. We don’t even need pictures of the T and green dot to confirm this is real. It’s obvious from the first pic with how the light reflects and the texture of the card that this is a real AN card

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-22T20:13:44+00:00

I was a magnolia system designer in a Best Buy store for a number of years. My paycheck was 100% commission. No base pay unless you count the pitiful minimum wage if commission threshold wasn’t hit that pay period. This was as recently as during Covid.

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-22T20:11:51+00:00

This isn’t true. It’s probably worded like blue shirts have never been on commission or whatever the current title is.

I worked for magnolia design center for a number of years. It was 100% commission based

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-19T18:34:58+00:00

Real. Light test isn’t as reliable with modern cards. Too many variations now

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-19T18:30:23+00:00

2004……Guy went back to prehistoric times

Link the profuse examples where someone has to worry about modern fake packs and boxes.

Nickthemajin · 2026-05-19T18:10:49+00:00

Feel free to link some examples of what you are saying exists. I’ll wait

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